Monday, June 16, 2008

Upcoming Performance

Please pray for us (most especially that God will get all the glory!). We will be performing at a mayoral candidate picnic for Nancy Jenkins this Sunday at 5:50pm in Springdale, Arkansas. Six days after this performance, we will all be attending the "Do Hard Things" Rebelution conference in Dallas. Hope to see you there!

We will be doing the following songs at the picnic:

1. Amazing Grace, My Chains are Gone (Tomlin)2. Holy is the Lord (Tomlin)3. Meant to Live (Switchfoot) before this song, Lauren will quote I Timothy 4:12 and talk about The Rebelution4. All Bow Down (Tomlin) before this song, Lauren will tell everyone what our band name means and quote "...at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord."5. Long Live the King (Aaron Shust) after this song we will give a testimonial as to why the next song is important to us6. Slow Fade (Casting Crowns) Josh and Brandon's 5 and 7 year old sisters will sing the last part

(All of the links on the song titles will lead you to the lyrics for that song)

Below is a video of "Slow Fade." VIVIT does a milder rendition with an acoustic guitar, djembe and drums added closer to the end. This song means a lot to us. Lauren will share why at the picnic. We all have had someone that we have witnessed slowly fade away.

"Dear Members of "Vivit,"Thank you! ...I am so grateful for the passion God has placed in your hearts to glorify Him! You shall set the standards high and achieve great things for Him!"--Springdale Mayoral Candidate

"I am so impressed by your boys and the band! Lauren seems so mature and it was such a testimony to hear scriptures, examples in-between the songs. They sound great together! I will be praying for them. Please tell VIVIT how much I enjoyed seeing them perform last night."--daughter of Mayoral Candidate

"It is so exciting to see how God is working in the lives of Providence students, and raising them up to be leaders for the next generation. God is so good. Please continue to keep us updated on the band."--Providence Classical Christian Academy Board Member

We named our band VIVIT because it is Latin for "He Lives."It is because of Christ's sacrifice on the cross and the fact that He arose from the dead and lives in our hearts and at the right hand of God, the Father, that we are who we are and long to give HIM all the glory!!!